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Internet users in India

1990 – 2025 · 35 data points 3 of 3 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Internet users, 1990 – 2025 percent · India · World
+55.1 pp since 2015
India World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Internet users · percent
India
70.0%
World
73.6%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance India · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 70.0% · 2025
First value 0.0% · 1990
Highest 70.0% · 2025
Lowest 0.0% · 1990
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearIndiaChange World
2025 70.0% +5.1 pp 73.6%
2024 64.9% +4.7 pp 71.2%
2023 60.3% +4.4 pp 69.2%
2022 55.9% +6.6 pp 67.0%
2021 49.3% +5.9 pp 63.8%
2020 43.4% +13.9 pp 60.1%
2019 29.5% +9.4 pp 53.9%
2018 20.1% +1.9 pp 49.4%
2017 18.2% +1.7 pp 46.3%
2016 16.5% +1.6 pp 43.6%
2015 14.9% +1.4 pp 39.9%
2014 13.5% +1.2 pp 37.4%
2013 12.3% +1.2 pp 35.3%
2012 11.1% +1.0 pp 33.3%
2011 10.1% +2.6 pp 30.9%
2010 7.5% +2.4 pp 28.4%
2009 5.1% +0.7 pp 25.3%
2008 4.4% +0.4 pp 22.8%
2007 4.0% +1.1 pp 20.2%
2006 2.8% +0.4 pp 17.2%
2005 2.4% +0.4 pp 15.6%
2004 2.0% +0.3 pp —
2003 1.7% +0.1 pp —
2002 1.5% +0.9 pp —
2001 0.7% +0.1 pp —
2000 0.5% +0.3 pp —
1999 0.3% +0.1 pp —
1998 0.1% +0.1 pp —
1997 0.1% +0.0 pp —
1996 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1995 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1994 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1993 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1992 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1990 0.0% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 18.0%
40 Sierra Leone 21.5%
39 Liberia 30.4%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 41.0%
37 Bangladesh 41.6%
36 India 55.9%
35 Honduras 56.9%
34 Indonesia 66.5%
33 Gabon 67.7%
32 Ecuador 69.7%
31 Egypt 72.2%
30 Colombia 72.8%
29 Algeria 74.8%
28 Philippines 75.2%
27 China 75.6%
26 Mexico 78.6%
25 Bulgaria 79.1%
24 Brazil 80.5%
23 Lebanon 81.5%
22 Greece 83.2%
21 Türkiye 83.4%
20 Czechia 84.5%
19 Italy 85.1%
18 France 85.3%
17 Romania 85.5%
16 Poland 86.9%
15 Lithuania 87.7%
14 Argentina 88.4%
13 Russia 90.4%
12 Germany 91.6%
11 Chile 92.3%
10 Netherlands 92.5%
9 United States 92.7%
8 Finland 93.0%
7 Canada 94.0%
6 Spain 94.5%
5 United Kingdom 95.5%
4 Hong Kong SAR China 95.6%
3 South Korea 97.2%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2022

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.